Tuesday, March 30, 2010

This Wednesday I think I will stray a little from my typical white post
to share a little bracelet that I have had for a few years now.

A bracelet that gave me a gift.

A lesson in how I view my life now.

Every time I wear this, I am taught anew about the how

to continue to view life and how I choose to live it.

I am a bracelet person. When I saw this piece, I instantly fell in love with it. I wore it for about a year and then one day looked down at it on my wrist and realized that I had lost one of the little stones from it's place.

I kept meaning to take it to Twin Falls to a jeweler to have the little stone replaced,
but would never remember to take it with me when I left town.

I would put it on to wear it and then remember, "gosh, I would really like to have this thing fixed'.

This was an aggravation for another couple of months.

One day however, as I was cleaning it, I looked at it and thought how much I loved it and appreciated it's prettiness.

And then the thought hit me...good grief June, this bracelet has so many pretty stones,

how is it that you can only see the fact that the one is missing and not in it's place.

So I counted...it has 50 of the 51 intended stones.

They are all there and continue to adorn the bracelet and make it a joy to wear.

I started to think about this, and realized that this little bracelet had just taught me a new way to think about the trials or 'bumps' in my life.

How many times do I let a few wrongs things in my life, steal the joy from the right things in my life? How many ways had I managed to focus on the missing stones and neglect the ones that are right before me everyday, making my path beautiful?

I no longer have the desire to have my little piece of prettiness fixed.

It is beautiful just the way it is.

It reminds me not to dwell on the few things that make my life hard,

but to be content with the many things that make my life the blessed journey that it is.

Thank you to Kathleen at Faded Charm for hosting White Wednesday, week after week.

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June

114 comments:

June amor, and this is why I love you :) amor, you have such a way of looking at life that you are one of a few people I try to emulate and I always think...what would June think or do about this :) Gracias for being YOU...I am soo very blessed to know & love you! besos, Rose

Oh June what a lovely lovely lesson you have brought to my attention. Yes, I do the same thing. But now beautiful lady, I will think of your pearl bracelet and remember and enjoy the beauty of my life. You are so precious!Blessings~Sharon

God seems to always give us little reminders in special ways when we need them. Your bracelet is just one of those! God shows us in simple ways what we need. Sharing this with us is just exactly what God wants to remind all of us! Thank you for being the messenger. XO Fran.

I love that we learn lessons from daily life that are so God-Inspired. A beautiful bracelet and a beautiful lesson. God does give us so many blessings in our lives. Thank you for sharing this with us.hugs and blessings,Debra

Hi June,This was a beautiful, heartfelt post and I really enjoyed reading it. It made me pause and think about all of the good things going on in my life. My husband and I have been doing that a lot lately in light of his recent diagnosis. We have learned to appreciate each day and to enjoy all the wonderful things we can still do together, not the things he can't do anymore.Have a beautiful WW.Jane

You are so right...and I truly need the reminder...THANKS...it is beautiful...so glad you are my friend!Rene'PS...I did have to laugh about the storage of medicinal chocolate:) and you *still* hiding it from the kids!

Thank you so much for posting this, June. When life gets going all around us and we're stretched to the limit, sometimes it's hard not to focus on one little negative thing to the detriment of the 50 positive things. I may have reached grandparent-hood, but a post like yours is a good reminder - a boost, of a kind.

Hi June, so very pretty, both your bracelet and your post... my last few posts have been about enjoying all the beautiful things I have in my life too and how I am enjoying every moment of each precious day, and happy to be just as I am... missing a "pearl" or two myself... wishing you a beautiful week! xoxo Julie Marie

What a lovely bracelet ~ and a lovely analogy ~ it is so true that we often overlook the beautiful blessings in our lives, if just one little thing is missing or out of place. We are so blessed.Thank you for sharing!:)~Becca~

I love your outlook on life June...one of my favorite posts. I try to teach my children not to focus on the things we don't have but be grateful for all that we do have. As well as embrace the imperfections in our lives for that is what makes our world and surroundings so unique. You blog from the heart and that is why I enjoy coming to visit you.

June, this is so true, how often we let the small things in life eat away at us. We strive for perfection when we have the best of life and love right in front of us. I love your post and the bracelet. How wonderful it is to have friends like you!!! You have such wisdom, thank you for reminding me why I am blessed!!!Hugs,Margaret B

So true, sweet friend and love your beautiful post, you and your bracelet. Such a wonderful way of looking at life, not dwelling on the hard parts but to be content with the many things that make life blessed.It is lovely to know you, thank you.

Dear sweet June,I love your beautiful pearl bracelet and the missing pearl makes it even more special! I love every word you wrote and was so blessed by your positive and encouraging thoughts. It was just what I needed to hear. You are such a blessing to so many June! Lots of love to you!Paula

Your posting today had lots of pearls of wisdom. It helped me realize today that we are entirely too hard on ourselves. We pick at every flaw. Grace is what we need. Enjoying beauty despite imperfection.

JuneThis post truly touched my heart, thank you endless. What a gift of a teachable moment to share with others. Its beautiful and it matches your heart. My love to you and yours this Easter Holiday!!!

What a beautiful bracelet and even a better post! You are such a wise person June, I'll never forget this. On the contrary; last week I bought a brooch at the flea market and when I came home with it my daughter, who has eagle like eyes, told me that there was one (tiny) stone missing and since then I lost my interest in that brooch, to tell you the truth. Now I will combine it with your story, your wise lesson and I can enjoy it again, thanks!

Dear June,what a wonderful post... and you are definetly right! Why thinking about things we can't change, let us enjoy the beautiful things around us.Your braclet is really beautiful as the way it is.... one pearl more or lessWarm Hugs and enjoys the easter days,Bine

Dear June,That was wonderful !!I can't tell you how much I loved your words and the meaning behind them. It is so true and your beautiful bracelet looses nothing with that pearl missing. It actually enhances it and shows us that, nothing in life is 'perfect' (whatever perfect is) and, like you say, is a reminder of all the good we have in our lives.I'm also a bracelet person. I have many silver ones and wear them everyday. Have a lovely White Wednesday, June. XXXX

Great life lesson June. As always you find a way to bring out the good in any situation. I love that about you. You inspire me...you inspire us all. Thank you June for sharing your life lessons and stories with us all...with me. Much love and respect to you...Lovey

June, you just have no idea what your posts do for me . . . though I have tried to tell you. This is something I am really, truly trying to grasp and improve upon. I believe it is the secret to deep and true happiness. As always, thanks.

Oh June, what a powerful message. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely story with us. So many times, I too, just focus on the bad and neglect to see all the good that is around me...I will carry your beautiful bracelet story in my heart. What a wonderful remimder of how to view life. Thank you my dear and sweet friend.

As I am reading your story about your realization about your life via your missing pearl it makes me think about mine.As you know the several surgeries I have had & with one more to go next week....anyway, I have been the gambit of emotion from angry (at who??) to sobbing. This week I had a gigantic epithany...OMG..God has given me this talented surgeon to find this tiny cancerous growth to remove it now before it grows. How selfish I have been!! Now I rejoyce for I will be free of it!! God has definately worked a miracle with me even if I was too small minded to see it at first!! God does have patience with his children!!Love you June!!Marilynxxoo

Wow! In the midst of my husband's unemployment for the past 8 months and our uncertain future, your post about this beautiful, flawed bracelet is just what I needed to read today. Life is always full of challenges, losses, gains and victories. We have the choice of seeing the beauty in the day or the ugliness and pain. I feel that my glass is not half full, it's overflowing. I am so grateful for the gifts in my life that have eternal value. A husband (my college sweetheart), our four amazing children, a home, love, and friends, some we haven't met yet. Thank you for verbalizing what I feel and know deep in my heart!You are beautiful.With gratitude for the little and big, Rebecca in Massachusetts

First off, I am in love with that bracelet! It is amazing! Second, when I read this, it felt like I was hit with a ton of bricks! Thank you for this June. I am SO GUILTY of not seeing the beautiful pearls in front of me and letting the missing ones take over. Thank you dear friend, for opening my eyes today. I need this at this very moment. Love and hugs,Amy

June, your post was such a blessing to me today! What a wonderful life lesson you have taught us all. I value and appreciate your friendship for you have taught me many life lessons along the way. Have a blessed Easter week! Vicki

I wonder why the "flaws" stand out so much more then the perfections.They seem to glare at me so much more.so that was a good post to remind me....I have more GOOD things in my life then Bad, or not quite rightso wear that bracelet with pride

Hi JuneLovely post,.. such a beautiful bracelet and words to match.. It is true that sometimes we diminish the value or beauty of an object if it doesn't seem whole or perfect too us.. which is a shame.. as i am sure I myself, I am not whole.. nor perfect... have a lovely week xx Julie

Hi June...thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving such a sweet comment. I'm so glad you did, so I could find you! Lovely, lovely bracelet and what a wonderful outlook. I have to remind myself of this very fact when I see the garden and see the weed instead of the hundreds of flowers!

Dearest June,Your gift of words and wisdom are a blessing to me. Both the little bits of encouragement you leave me on my blog and the insight you write about on yours. Now when I see a pretty bracelet, I will think about you and what you have said. It will be a good reminder to me.*Peace*

Hi June, I was going to say dearest, but somebody just as dear beat me to it.... I don't want you to think I'm a copy cat... hehe That was a great revelation on your part, and I only hope people can remember this on a daily basis, which is hard to do.... Humans do have the tendency to forget so easily what our true blessing are to stay focus on what really matters instead of the little things that don't matter at all!!

June, it is interesting how we can become so focused on the tiniest of things, only to realize that what we were focusing on doesn't really matter in the scheme of things! I loved reading this story and I love the outlook that you have on life. Don't make the little things, the big things!

My oldest daughter is a June baby just like you. What day were you born, if you don't mind my asking? My sweetie was born on the 28th.

Dearest June,This was such a well written and thought out post! And thank you for coming to visit with me. I have always seen your lovely face in the comment boxes of many people that I follow; you are so kind to visit with me! The bracelet story is truly a lesson to be learned all the time.

Normally I wouldn't add on a 95th comment to a post, figuring it would have all been said before, but . . .

This touched me deeply. As a perfectionist I struggle so with lost "pearls" in my life -- and I seem to have more than 1/51 missing (*giggle*). I have learned (the hard way) to wear my life with delight despite the missing pearls.

Your words flowed so beautifully and encouraged me so.

It has been a loooooong winter for me (on many levels) and more snow predictions fall from the headlines; but I arise each day, don the bracelet of life, and smile . . . I've learned . . . I'm blessed so abundantly -- I can afford to lose a few treasures. : D

I always enjoy "a visit with June." Though my blogging life has become sporadic at best these days, I still manage to find beauty and encouragement every time I step across the thresholds of other hearts.

June,This post is why you have 98 comments. You are a beautiful soul. If your ears where burning yesterday Jodie & I were talking about how awesome you are. Have an amazing & imperfect Easter June. Lisa

It's such a sweet bracelet, June! And your life analogy is so appropriate, especially at Easter, a time of renewal.This post I why I love visiting you, my dear friend...as do all of those commenting before me!Happy Easter to you and yours, June!

Thank you for the inspiring post, June. For me, it is much too easy to dwell on the burdens instead of the blessings in life. This is a beautiful reminder to focus on the positive. I hope you and your family have a blessed Easter.

~~Oh, June~~...you always inspire me!! Wow, what a beautiful post and thought to bring home to all of us, especially me. I wandered to my meager blog today to post a happy Easter greeting and came over to visit yours, I am coming away with so much more. Thank you dear friend for the reminder to focus on those things that are right in front of us and their importance. Love your post today....have a wonderful Easter with your family!! Hugs, Mary

I was sent to your blog by Tracie-My PetiteMaison. She was right I do love your blog. What a wonderful story about the bracelet. The pictures of your garden are beautiful. I am now a follower and when I get a moment I will be back to check out more.

June,What a wonderful attitude! So true that we all tend to take our eyes off Him and onto whatever trials we are going thru. Such a lovely bracelet and as I love "word picture I will remember the blessing of your bracelet and try harder to keep my eyes on Him for everything. Thank you for such an inspiring post.Hugs,Lynn

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